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On Sunday, five years to the day after his memorable play became a symbol of a devastated community's will to carry on, Gleason, 34, went public with his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Stephen Hawking suffers from the a motor neuron disease known as amytrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease. For Hawking it has progressed to the point of paralysiâ¦s. He is unable to speak and communicates using a speech generating device.